Maurice teich



M. TEICH.

PACKAGE HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATTON FILED NOV 28. 1919.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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MAURICE TEICH, OF NEW YORK, N'. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed November 28,1919. Serial No. 341,111.

To all to hom it may concern Be it known that I, MAURICE Tnrorr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city. of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Package-Holding Attachment for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in package holding attachments for automobiles, an object of the invention being to provide a device of the character stated which is connected to the step of the automobile, which can be secured in operative position above the step and which can be folded and secured in position under the Same.

A further object is to provide an improved casing which supports the package holder under the step, protects the same from dirt thrown up by the car and supports the holder in convenient position so that it can be readily drawn outward and placed upon the step whenever desired.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a broken perspective vlew illustrating my improvements in operative position;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in transverse section showing the package holder in op erative position above the step;

Fig. 3 is a broken view in side elevation showing the position of the device when folded and located under the step;

Fig. 4 is a view in section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a view in section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

1 represents the step of an automobile and 2 is a metal casing located under the step and having upwardly projecting ends 3 secured to the bottom of the step. These ends 3 have flanges 4 which are secured to the step by means of screws 5 and also by means of hollow bolts 6. The hollow bolts 6 are held in place by nuts 7 and are internally screw threaded for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The ends 3 of the casing 2 are made with inclined slots 8 which receive studs 9 carrying bracket arms 10, the studs being secured in the slots by means of nuts 11 screwed onto their outer ends.

The package holder proper comprises a side section 12 and end sections 13 hingedly connected to the ends of the side section, as shown at These sections 12 and 13 are preferably of sheet metal having their edges strengthened by wire beading as indicated. The lower wire 15 of the lower bead of the side member 12 is projected through openings 16 in the bracket arms 10 so as to pivotally connect the side member 12 to the bracket arms. The ends 13 have perforated lugs 17 projecting at right angles thereto, and screws 18 are adapted to be positioned through these lugs 17 and screwed into the tubular bolts 6 to securely hold the package holder in operative position above the step 1. When the device is to be located under the step, the screws 18 are removed, the ends 13 are folded against the side member 12 and the folded package holder is then moved under the step, the studs 9 riding in the slots 8 to position the package holder under the step and in the casing as indicated clearly in Figs. 3, 4i and 5.

A pair of angular spring tongues 19 are secured to the casing and frictionally bind the folded members of the package holder together to prevent rattling when the device is in the casing as indicated clearly in Fig. 4. To further secure the package holder in the casing the set screws 18, above referred to are projected through openings 20 in the bottom of the casing 2, through openings 21 in the side members 12 of the package holder and are screwed into threaded openings 22 in the end members 13, thereby securing the package holder in folded position and within the casing. Any suitable arrangement of straps 23 may be provided on the package holder to secure the packages against movement, and it is, of course, obvious that the package holder may be made of any desired size or proportion to suit the trade.

The casing 2 is preferably of sheet metal and it serves not only to provide a holding means to maintain the package holder in folded position under the step, but it protects the package holder from dirt which is thrown up by the car and maintains the package holder in convenient position for use whenever desired.

To move the package holder from the casing to operative position, it is simply necessary to remove the set screws 18, pull the package holder forwardly and upwardly, swing the end members 13 at right angles to the side member 12 and then secure the perforated lugs 17 to the tubular bolts 6. A convenient and strong method of attaching the perforated lugs 17 to the ends 13 is to form these lugs as part of angles, the vertical portions 17 of the angles being located at the inner faces of the ends and secured thereto in any approved manner.

Various slight changes may be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with an automobile having a step thereon, of a casing secured to the under face of the step, internally screw threaded bolts in the step securing the casing thereto, a folding package holder adapted to be positioned above the step and folded and moved into position in the casing, perforated lugs on said package holder, set screws adapted to be positioned through the perforated lugs and located in the internally screw threaded tubular bolts, and said casing and package holder having registering step or folded and moved into position in said casing, perforated lugs on said package holder,sct screws adapted to be positioned through said lugs and located in said tubular bolts, and said package holder and casing being pivotally and slidably connected.

3. The combination with an automobile having a step thereon, of a casing secured to the under face of said step, tubular internally screw-threaded bolts in the step securing the casing thereto, a folding package holder adapted to be positioned above the step or folded and moved into position in said casing, perforated lugs on said package holder, set screws adapted to be positioned through said lugs and located in said tubular bolts, said casing having inclined slots in its ends, bracket arms pivotally connected to the package holder, studs on the bracket arms slidable in the slots, and means in the casing for securing said package holder against movement when in folded position.

MAURICE TEICH. 

